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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Getting along without a keyboard
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:48:01 +0100
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On 18/09/2024 19:22, Scott Alfter wrote:
> In article <vcca63$3je29$3@dont-email.me>,
> The Natural Philosopher  <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 17/09/2024 16:08, Scott Alfter wrote:
>>> In article <vcbji2$3evhe$4@dont-email.me>,
>>> The Natural Philosopher  <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Moral. Get a decent router so at least you can eliminate it from your
>>>> problems
>>>
>>> Another recommendation: Look for something that can run OpenWRT, so you're
>>> not stuck with whatever firmware the router manufacturer provides.
>>>
>>> A third recommendation: a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 and a carrier board
>>> that adds a second Ethernet port make a pretty good platform to run OpenWRT.
>>> The CPU and memory on the CM4 will blow the doors off of most of the routers
>>> you'd likely buy for home use, and I suspect they're competitive with nearly
>>> anything short of rack-mountable enterprise-grade routers.  The onboard WiFi
>>> (on models so equipped) probably isn't so hot, but it's a solid option for
>>> wired connections up to at least gigabit speeds and WiFi can be provided
>>> with a separate access point or a USB dongle.
>>>
>>
>> Why a compute module especially?
>> Wouldn't e.g. a Pi4 be just as good?
> 
> You're stuck with USB network adapters if you use a Pi 4.  With a CM4, there
> are carrier boards that route the built-in Ethernet to one port and connect
> a second port over PCIe.  This is the one I use:
> 
Given that few of us have internet connections over 100Mbps, that hardly 
seems an issue

> https://wiki.dfrobot.com/Compute_Module_4_IoT_Router_Board_Mini_SKU_DFR0767
> 

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Future generations will wonder in bemused amazement that the early 
twenty-first century’s developed world went into hysterical panic over a 
globally average temperature increase of a few tenths of a degree, and, 
on the basis of gross exaggerations of highly uncertain computer 
projections combined into implausible chains of inference, proceeded to 
contemplate a rollback of the industrial age.

Richard Lindzen